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NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- The College of New Rochelle volleyball team clinched the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Regular Season Championship Saturday afternoon with two 3-0 conference wins in a tri-match held at the Wellness Center.

“We are pleased to announce that as the result of a recent generous donation from a former Remington member, the teen hours will be expanded effective immediately to 3:00pm to 9:00pm,” says Quay Wallace Watkins, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle. “We will be offering nationally developed Boys & Girls Club of America programs in addition to continuing our successful locally developed programs. Through Project Learn, the teens will receive homework help and tutoring in the afternoon from local college students.

WESTCHESTER, NY -- This week, the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) received a year-end report for 2014 attendance and revenue at Playland—and the news is excellent! Attendance at the County’s historic 280-acre amusement park and recreation area this past year (which doesn’t include special events that take place through October) was 467,948, up more than 77,000 from last year’s 390,069, an increase of 20%. Similarly, gross revenue collected at Playland was $8,750,455, up nearly $1.7 million from last year’s $7,068,481, an increase of 24%.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- The College of New Rochelle volleyball team won for the 15th time this season, and in 14 of those wins, including last night's Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) win over Yeshiva University, the win came in straight sets. The win was the 15th in the last 16 games for the Blue Angels, who improve to 15-4 on the season and 3-0 in HVIAC action.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Tennis enthusiasts can now “Rally for Children” and support the Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle by participating in the organization’s single largest fundraising event on Tuesday, October 14th.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- Two College of New Rochelle athletes were recognized by the Association of Division III Independents (AD3I) on Tuesday with weekly accolades. Senior Samantha Gomez (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) was named AD3I Women's Tennis Player of the Week and junior Tayler Fisher (Wilmington, DE/Conrad School of Science) earned AD3I Cross Country Runner of the Week honors for the second week in a row.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- We are welcoming all Gaels and, in particular, the Reunion classes of 4s and 9s back to campus on Saturday, October 4th for a combined Homecoming and Reunion Weekend. And I do hope you can join us for the following festivities...

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WHITE PLAINS, NY -- Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced today that Westchester received more than $30 million in revenue from the film and TV industry in 2016, almost doubling the amount from two years ago.

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